Important dates leading up to the Declaration of Independance

By Alaina Randazzo
  • Albany Plan

    Albany Plan

    This was a plan that was proposed in order to try to get the thirteen colonies to cooperate; this was never adopted

  • Start of the American Revolution

  • Boston Masssacre

    Boston Masssacre

    British soldiers fired on a group of unarmed people , this started the war of independence.
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    Political protest against the British making Colonists pay taxes for tea; in order to rebel the colonists dumped the supply of tea into the water.
  • First Continental Congress-

    First Continental Congress-

    Parliament published laws in order to punish the colonists in Boston as well as other locations.
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts

    Very harsh laws laid down by the British parliament this was to punish Americans for the tea party.
  • The Second Continental Congress

    The Second Continental Congress

    The British government refused the compromise. This reacted to the Declaration of rights which in turn became stricter and had more repressive matters.
  • Battles of Lexington and concord

    Battles of Lexington and concord

    First time the military was engaged in the American Revolution, The Battle of Lexington was a much smaller than the battle of concord
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence

    This is an official document stating that the thirteen colonies are free from Great Britain.

  • End of the American Revolution

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    The parliament passes a law allowing taxes on every sheet of paper that was being printed on.